[Yummy, Yummy? Yummy!]
[Episode 24]
[Yunlai Tavern]
Businesses would open on the 10th day of the lunar month,
but Shen's Restaurant opened on the 6th.
They are even imitating imperial dishes
like Little Spring Platter.
Warm spring water is rare
at this time of the year.
At the start of spring, only the homes of nobles
can draw on warm spring water
to grow fruits and vegetables.
They can even let their guests
enjoy melons and vegetables now.
That's quite an accomplishment.
But they're not using warm spring water.
They leased the land and used
oiled paper and bamboo strips
to create a windproof
and temperature-controlled shelf.
They call it greenhouse cultivation.
They even taught this trick
to the farmers around the capital
and coaxed them into waiving the land rental
and supplying them with vegetables.
We're here today to congratulate them.
Why are you so petty?
Sorry.
Why are you nervous?
This place is bustling with people.
If you make people think
I usually mistreat my servants,
- I'll have you k*lled.
- I understand.
I understand.
[Shen's Restaurant]
- Welcome.
- Lady Shen.
On behalf of Yunlai Tavern,
congratulations on the renovation,
and also, Happy Chinese New.
This is the arch-rival from Yunlai.
A typical villain and refined male antagonist.
So, you're Young Master Lu Yun,
the owner of Yunlai Tavern.
How thoughtful. Please come in and have a seat.
Your business is thriving.
When you're not busy,
I'll come again for a cup of tea.
Only you will have time for this.
Whenever I see it, I'm repulsed.
What's wrong with the people here?
Everything new ends up warding off evil.
Welcome.
You can eat at Yunlai Tavern anytime,
but if we miss the Little Spring Platter,
it won't be available anymore.
Let's go.
How about asking Noble Consort Dou
to find a way to deal with them?
Lin Yan started the clean-up with her relatives.
The Shen family has his backing.
But he gained Chancellor Meng's favor
due to the Appeal Drum.
Chancellor Meng is planning
to marry his granddaughter to him.
Lin Yan will eventually distance himself
from his cousin.
[Shi'an County]
Young Master, this is the place.
Young Master.
Sorry, sir.
It's all right.
Lady Zheng, you're heavily pregnant.
Please be careful.
How do you know my family name is Zheng?
I'm Liu Chang from Jingzhao Prefecture,
here to check on the Magistrate of Shi'an.
I'm Cheng Hu from Jingzhao Prefecture.
You're here for the Magistrate? I've a lot to say.
Our magistrate is a good person. Come in for tea.
Thank you.
Please.
Take a seat first. I'll serve the tea.
Shi'an's tea is excellent. It's fragrant, rich,
refreshing to the heart and soul,
sweet with a lingering aftertaste.
Have your seat.
Is she always that talkative?
I didn't expect it.
When I came here,
I only asked around the neighborhood
but I didn't see her in person.
Ask me if you want to know about the magistrate.
The magistrate is really a very good person.
He's one of a kind in the world.
He's handsome, gentle,
considerate, and upright.
His only hobby is advocating for the people.
Thank you.
Lady Zheng, no need to trouble yourself.
These are not for us?
Sorry. I'm pregnant and get hungry easily.
Please help yourselves.
Thank you.
- Not for me.
- Try some. It's a local specialty.
- How is it?
- Is this amaranth pastry?
Amaranths grow very well in Shi'an and Qingyang.
Someone recently even came all the way
from Yong'an to pick some.
These amaranths were given by Lady Shen
who came to pick them.
She was covered in injuries on that day.
I thought something bad had happened to her.
It turned out she fell from
picking these amaranths.
She must have craved these so much
to go to such great lengths.
Do you also like this?
I thought only people from Qingyang loved it.
People from Qingyang?
Are you perhaps from Qingyang?
When I was a child, I was betrothed in Qingyang.
A pity that the family had a mishap.
Their whole clan perished.
Afraid of being implicated, my family
moved to Shi'an and didn't dare to go back.
Unexpectedly, the ninth month of last year,
someone went to my relatives in Qingyang
to ask about the betrothal.
I'm telling you this
because you're from Jingzhao Prefecture.
If that family back then had a grievance,
could you help them?
We won't watch and do nothing.
But please tell us what that person asked.
It was...
I don't want to say.
- Well...
- The officialdom is complex.
I don't know which side you are on.
How can I talk about this?
In that case,
thank you for the pastries and tea.
- Goodbye.
- Young Master.
Wait.
I said that just now to make you anxious.
When people get anxious,
they reveal their true character.
If you had threatened me just now,
I wouldn't have said anything.
Lady Zheng, you're alone.
You're very bold.
The magistrate is my husband.
I don't have much to fear in Shi'an County.
The magistrate?
But your house...
It's a bit modest.
That's because my husband
only wants to serve the people.
He has earned a good reputation.
You claimed to be here for the magistrate
but you didn't know my identity.
What you want to know
must be the old case, right?
Exactly.
I'm Lin Yan, Vice Magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture,
here for the Qingyang Cui Clan case.
My husband and I believe the magistrate
back then, would never have committed that crime.
In the ninth month,
a young man approached my third grand uncle
and inquired about the betrothal
between the Cui and Zheng families.
My third grand uncle was wary,
and saw through his false name and brushed him off.
I asked my husband to investigate that man.
He turned out to be Li Ang,
the fourth son of the Prince of Zhao.
If I remember correctly, you handled
County Magistrate Dou's embezzlement case.
Yes.
Actually, my husband has also been
keeping an eye on this case.
County Magistrate Dou is related
to Noble Consort Dou.
The money he embezzled
all flowed back to the Dou family.
The Prince of Zhao appears to be on bad terms
with Noble Consort Dou,
but in private,
he's been in contact with the Dou family.
The Prince of Zhao is in contact with the capital.
He's concerned about the Cui Clan case.
So, these two cases might be the same.
Vice Magistrate Lin, Uncle Cui was upright.
He would never sell official positions.
Please investigate this old case.
[Shen's Restaurant]
Young Master, we're passing by Shen's Restaurant.
Do-Do we want to go there?
No.
Go back to Jingzhao Prefecture.
Your Carefree Drink.
Please enjoy.
Vice Magistrate.
- Stop.
- Father.
- Uncle.
- Wait.
Wait.
Vice Magistrate, we just launched
the Little Spring Platter.
I was thinking of sending some over,
and here you are.
What a coincidence.
Why not take a serving to try at home?
A'Yuan, a serving of Little Spring Platter.
- Hurry up.
- Coming.
The Vice Magistrate is here.
No need.
Liu Chang.
Stop, stop. Sorry, please stop.
Vice Magistrate, when we
make something delicious,
we always want to share it with our family.
Why don't you try it?
Yes, give it a try.
Coming!
Well... My Lady, it's ready.
Please accept it.
♫ This mortal heart is unwilling to be silent ♫
♫ Perhaps, it long knew the secrets of Heaven ♫
♫ It just escaped the traces of fate ♫
♫ Migrating towards you ♫
♫ But worldly rules
just lifted its restrictions ♫
♫ The moment we met ♫
♫ We were granted a tide strong enough to hurt ♫
♫ Each other deeply ♫
♫ Fearing a mistake in time and space ♫
♫ Love fills the page;
in the end, only foolishness remains ♫
♫ Fearing that my sincerity
will overstep the boundary ♫
♫ I fall into the thunder pool and wallow in it ♫
♫ I’m afraid fate will erase our encounter ♫
♫ Spreading the vast sky with a net of thorns ♫
♫ Although I can see a clue ♫
♫ I can only sigh at my fickleness ♫
♫ Clearly knowing it’s hard
to ultimately reverse fate ♫
Vice Magistrate, since you're here,
why not come in and take a seat?
That's right.
What a coincidence to bump into you.
And everyone in the family really misses you.
We wonder about how you've been lately.
Family?
Let's go.
[Righteousness in Speech and Conduct]
The Shen family is so detestable.
If they want to deceive you,
they should be bad till the end.
Why treat us so nice?
You can't help but get angry,
and yet can't do that either.
Some things can't be faked,
but they can't be made real either.
Vice Magistrate.
Chancellor Meng's here.
Elder Meng, please.
No need to panic.
It's not a big matter.
I want to discuss a marriage proposal
with you.
Elder Meng, you must be joking.
I'm not joking at all.
You know that my granddaughter Jingwen
is picky and has her own ideas.
But whenever she comes home, she praises you.
I've only met her twice.
How could it be that serious?
Just two meetings, and you can't forget her?
Vice Magistrate, it's time to settle down.
No, no.
Supervisory officials are not allowed
to marry women under their jurisdiction.
I'm an official in the capital.
I can't marry a lady from here.
I'm not a match for Lady Shen.
The law is not without compassion.
I'll ask His Majesty for a favor.
I don't think it will be hard.
[Jingzhao Prefecture]
[Observe Closely and Be Perceptive]
Young Master.
Young Master.
Greetings, Vice Magistrate.
Lady Shen.
I heard from Grandfather that you didn't refuse.
No. That's not what I meant.
- Well...
- Please don't misunderstand.
I know.
If you'd agreed to the marriage,
you wouldn't have given a vague answer.
Grandfather is always like this.
He cares for me and wants me to be happy,
but always forgets to ask me what I really want.
[A'Ji]
No wonder.
Grandfather said that your concern is
supervisory officials are not allowed
to marry women under their jurisdiction.
Isn't A'Ji also a woman under your jurisdiction?
Actually, I had thought of this.
To ask His Majesty for a favor shouldn't be hard.
I understand your intentions.
I'm sorry, but in my opinion,
you wouldn't want to waste your time on me.
I was hoping you would agree to the marriage.
With your looks and talents,
my life won't be too hard.
But this is just a choice and not a wish.
If I really were to think about this, I'd rather not
be pushed into getting married.
I understand.
Now that everything's out in the open,
I'll take my leave.
Since I've said I won't force you,
I'll keep my word.
Vice Magistrate, don't worry.
I wonder if you could do me a favor.
Lady Shen, please speak.
My grandfather has been
eagerly arranging things for me lately,
which is hard to deal with.
If you could wait a bit longer
before refusing him,
I can use this time to handle this properly.
So, I'll have to trouble you for a while.
Is that all right?
It's fine.
[Jingzhao Prefecture]
[Yong'an]
[A'Ji]
♫ A ray of afterglow from the hairpin
falls on the eyebrows ♫
♫ The wind sways,
the bell hangs under the clouds ♫
♫ Each single chime tugs the heart ♫
♫ True love can only be felt,
without being expressed ♫
♫ You’re the obscurity, you’re the clarity ♫
♫ Seeking stars in the fog,
seeing your shadow under the moon ♫
♫ Hesitant to speak, overwhelmed with emotions ♫
♫ Can our path ahead be without suspicions? ♫
♫ I mistook everything I saw as cold as ice ♫
♫ I let the dusk dyes my cheeks
red with embarrassment ♫
♫ Even holding my breath can’t stop ♫
♫ Exposing my burning heart ♫
♫ You’re the noise, you’re the silence ♫
♫ I implicitly embrace you into this life ♫
♫ Hesitant and unsure,
sincerity is hard to deceive ♫
[A'Ji]
♫ Worldly rules and taboos,
how can I give them up? ♫
♫ Rushing to you, I’m confused
and hopelessly addicted ♫
♫ I still regard it as a tryst ♫
♫ The heart stirs, the wind blows away
the lightest ripples ♫
♫ It’s the hidden place
for thousand entangled emotions ♫
♫ Saved enough of a lifetime,
I rush to greet you across the miles ♫
♫ From now on, the roaming heart
returns to its hometown ♫
♫ To draw near what seems beyond reach ♫
♫ To change life and death, we won’t ever yield ♫
♫ Perhaps the relationship is not ideal ♫
[A'Ji]
♫ Compensate for our mutual cherishment
and understanding ♫
♫ Saved enough of a lifetime,
I rush to greet you across the miles ♫
♫ From now on, the roaming heart
returns to its hometown ♫
♫ To draw near what seems beyond reach ♫
♫ To change life and death ♫
♫ We won’t ever yield ♫
[A'Ji]
[Shen's Restaurant]
A'Ji.
Fengxia.
Fengxia.
Yangyang is missing.
- What?
- I've searched everywhere but I can't find her.
- How could that be?
- How would I know?
- She was doing her homework just now.
- I checked, but she's not in the room.
- Hongwen Academy. Let's go.
- It's a day off.
The mentors aren't there.
What should we do?
- Report it.
- Yes, let's do that.
- Yes.
- That's right.
I'm telling you to go.
We should go together.
- I can't explain clearly.
- Let's go, let's go.
- Stay in the restaurant.
- All right.
[Jingzhao Prefecture]
- Young Master Liu.
- Young Master Liu.
- Young Master Liu.
- Can I check with you?
It's an emergency. Something bad happened.
- What's wrong?
- Yangyang is missing.
Young Master Liu, we deceived the Vice Magistrate
but please help us to find Yangyang.
Don't worry. Young Miss Sheng is inside.
What?
She came early to ask
Young Master about her lessons.
She just told us that she didn't inform you.
Afraid that you might worry,
Young Master sent me to tell you.
I happened to run into you here.
I was so scared.
It's such a relief.
[Zhi]
Zhi?
"Zhi" has two compound words,
"An" and "Ye" for "all" and "peace".
The biography of Sima Xiangru stated that
"When all near and far unite, and there's good fortune,
isn't that a true blessing?"
You've read this sentence in the Book of Han?
Explain it.
It means when everyone
is doing well, it's all good.
Guests from the Western Regions
often come to Yong'an.
This sentence is very useful
in receiving foreign envoys.
To establish a nation, one must display power,
ensure peace at home and abroad,
and value harmony above all.
This is similar to doing business.
Aunt once said something like this.
Different sides have different interests,
and one should try to negotiate,
consider the other party's perspective,
follow their line of thinking,
address their concerns,
and then introduce one's own hopes
to achieve balance.
Aunt!
Grandpa! Grandma!
Did I answer well?
I'm amazing, right?
Amazing.
What's more amazing is that you ran out
without telling your family.
- Yes, if you do this again, I'll spank you.
- That's right.
Father and I agreed to meet at the peak.
So, I must study hard.
But the mentors can't explain some questions,
so I came to ask Mr. Lin.
Uncle Liu Chang, the Vice Magistrate hasn't been
to our restaurant after the Chinese New Year.
His attitude today was rather strange.
Did he have a dispute with my family?
You're a child. Don't bother about this.
It's not related to you.
Now that everyone has gathered,
does this mean we've reconciled?
Eat your walnut.
Stop asking so many questions.
Vice Magistrate, Yangyang is still young, so we haven't told her about certain things.
We didn't expect her to trouble you.
We're really sorry.
Yangyang is a good child.
It's just that I've been too busy with work
to entertain outsiders.
Please take good care of yourselves.
We've caused a lot of trouble.
You shouldn't have tolerated them.
It's all because I lied to you.
I'm really sorry.
Let bygones be bygones. Don't mention this again.
We were wrong about this.
It's only right that you don't forgive us.
But if we don't even apologize,
we'll owe you even more.
Yes, that's right.
Vice Magistrate, don't worry.
It won't happen again.
All right.
Take it that I've accepted your apology.
I still have work to do.
Vice Magistrate, my father
said it won't happen again
but there probably won't be a next time.
May everything go well for you in the future.
If you need help with the case, just let us know.
We're always ready to help.
Always.
Xia, you often complain
I don't help you with the ingredients.
Starting today, I'll handle the ingredients
and cooking alone.
You don't have to do it. Just rest.
Just rest.
Listen to me.
No need to do that.
These days, we seem quite normal
and loving to others,
but only I know we're still awkward.
You didn't wear the ring I bought for you. Why?
I don't feel like wearing it.
If so, don't wear it.
When you feel like it, you can wear it.
Look.
Look. I haven't peeled a radish for a long time,
but my technique is not rusty at all.
See? I'm an experienced chef.
I can still cut like this.
It's severed. Severed!
So what?
If you cut off a piece of flesh,
your weight will decrease a bit.
Xia, I'm bleeding a lot.
I'm losing too much blood.
I'm seeing double when I look at you.
Xia, help me.
Why are you so indifferent?
I'm bleeding. I...
What's the big deal?
I often cut my fingers
when I'm slicing vegetables.
I've bled more than you.
Have I ever complained to you all these years?
Just suck your finger.
It'll help with iron deficiency.
What's the matter?
Will you ever forgive me?
Do we have to live like this forever?
Young Master Lin's shop
has the most novel jewelry.
That's true.
[Fuyun Wine House]
- Let's go take a look.
- They're all quite nice.
- Let's go.
- Sir.
- Come in and take a seat.
- Let's go.
Why stare at me?
Your staring won't change a thing.
I still have to say it.
Isn't it so?
Don't I treat you well enough?
What else do you want me to do?
I bought you so many things.
Why aren't you happy?
What do I have to do to make you happy?
You won't say?
That means you're in the wrong,
Fengxia.
You're in the wrong.
There are no customers in the restaurant.
What are you two so busy with?
We're packing spring platters.
A customer came to order
the spring platter just now
but he said he was too busy to wait.
We're packing and delivering it to him.
Excellent, A'Yuan. You're a fast learner.
She even learned the word "pack".
This must be a packing box.
A'Yuan told me there's hard yellow paper,
but it's too expensive.
I checked. It's just wax molded into shape.
We can do it ourselves.
It's cheap, waterproof, and oil-resistant.
A'Ji, are you planning to deliver food?
What do you think?
You're the smartest one.
Look. For those who do hard labor
and don't have time to eat,
they can take packed meals with them.
I heard many people followed our example
by selling lunch and dinner.
The prices are gradually coming down.
The locals can now
have three healthy meals a day.
Isn't this good for health?
That's right.
It's always the case in those
time-travel novels that I love to read.
The protagonist's small actions
can improve life by leaps and bounds.
Isn't that thrilling?
Yes, so thrilling.
My Lady, how do you come up with
so many fresh ideas and new words?
Although I don't understand,
I seem to understand after hearing it for so long.
I always feel you're not from this era.
Yes, I'm from over 1,000 years in the future.
You're joking again.
You just don't believe me.
- Done.
- It's done?
- Let's go.
- All right.
We're leaving.
Wait, wait.
A'Yuan, let me check.
Lift up your hands. Let me check.
Look. You've sauce all over you.
You're still talking about others?
Your clothes are dirty, too.
You're like two kittens.
All right. I'll deliver them.
If others see you like this,
they may think our food is unhygienic.
All right, I'll go.
By the way, what's the delivery address for this?
The Flower Cluster Room in the wine house
next to Ruyue Pavilion.
The wine house next to Ruyue Pavilion?
All right, I know.
Xia.
You're here.
No. What are you doing?
- Who are you?
- Sir, why are you running away?
Don't, don't.
- No physical contact between men and women.
- Don't run.
I'm a married man.
Sir, you seem to have some money.
If you're willing to spend it,
why would you be troubled by love?
I'm a man with a family.
- Sir.
- Help!
Excuse me.
Where is the Flower Cluster Room?
Someone ordered our Little Spring Platter.
- Please come with me.
- All right.
This is the room.
- Thank you.
- Sir.
Something's wrong.
You can't do this.
Help!
Help...
You...
Who is this?
Fengxia, I didn't do anything.
I don't know them.
I was only sitting here.
I didn't even drink the wine.
Smell me if you don't believe me.
Shen Jianshe.
You're successful now.
No...
Just drinking with him is no fun.
Come, beauties. Pour some wine.
F-Fengxia, your temper...
Stop drinking.
Beauty, please bring some paper and a brush.
You can leave.
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[Fiery Pork Loin]
[Great Chef Shen, you're playing with fire.]
"Where to Go" - Wang Weiyi
♫ Like a sunken boat in a dark current
not a single night fire is seen ♫
♫ It’s hazy ahead,
light and darkness intertwine ♫
♫ Sadly, the heart was with toyed by fate
several times and left hanging in the air ♫
♫ Falling into a fog, I pursue in confusion ♫
♫ If not for the thoughts stirring the heart,
creating conflicts ♫
♫ How could I know it’s unpredictable? ♫
♫ Had I known it would bond us,
we should never have met ♫
♫ The pain won’t stop until it ends ♫
♫ Persistently walking deep inside,
I realize how thick the fog is ♫
♫ Who knows where to go? ♫
♫ Passing through the mortal world,
looking back at the dream ♫
♫ Is it still there? ♫
♫ Like a sunken boat in a dark current
not a single night fire is seen ♫
♫ It’s hazy ahead,
light and darkness intertwine ♫
♫ Sadly, the heart was with toyed by fate
several times and left hanging in the air ♫
♫ Falling into a fog, I pursue in confusion ♫
♫ If not for the thoughts stirring the heart,
creating conflicts ♫
♫ How could I know it’s unpredictable? ♫
♫ Had I known it would bond us,
we should never have met ♫
♫ The pain won’t stop until it ends ♫
♫ Persistently walking deep inside,
I realize how thick the fog is ♫
♫ Who knows where to go? ♫
♫ Passing through the mortal world,
looking back at the dream ♫
♫ Is it still there? ♫